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Why Teenagers Watch Television: Implications for Educational Television.
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Holosko, M. J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Television, 1983
Outlines research into teenage viewing preferences which was undertaken prior to production of a television series for CITY-TV, Toronto. The series is designed to attract as large a teenage audience as possible, and to promote "socially responsible" attitudes. The resulting effects on instructional television programing design are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Parents, Adolescents and Television: Part III. Defining Ethnicity Through Measurement Constructs: A Cultural Perspective According to Harold B. Innis.
Tierney, Joan D. – 1979
In a recent study of ethnic and non-ethnic adolescents and pre-adolescents and their families, particular observation was made of perceptions of values by children and their parents in favorite television series viewed over a period of six weeks. While values were seen as a potential discriminator between ethnic and non-ethnic people, other data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Commercial Television, Cultural Differences
Parents, Adolescents and Television: Part I. Adolescents and Television Heroes: The Perception of Social Values in Favorite Television Series.
Tierney, Joan D. – 1978
The social values orientation of Canadian adolescents and pre-adolescents was analyzed to determine the effects of television choice on their values. Youth were randomly selected from ethnic and non-ethnic populations in Montreal and Windsor by percentages of subgroups listed in Statistics Canada for each city. It was assumed that ethnic and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Commercial Television, Cultural Differences
Effects of a Decade of Satellite Television in the Canadian Arctic: Euro-Canadian and Inuit Adolescents Compared.
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Coldevin, Gary O.; Wilson, Thomas – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1985
Focuses on the longitudinal effects on adolescents of network television relayed via satellite into the predominantly Eskimo community of Frobisher Bay, Canada. Analysis shows that novelty effects of television dissipate over time. Discusses potential role of culturally relevant television programing. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Canada Natives, Eskimos
Parents, Adolescents & Television: Culture, Learning, Influence: A Report to the Public. Summary of Findings.
Tierney, Joan D. – 1978
Findings of television research conducted in Montreal and Windsor, Canada, in February-May 1978, that studied numerous aspects of the parent-adolescent-television relationship are summarized in this report. Particular emphasis is given to differences between ethnic and English families, differences in the ways adolescent boys and girls perceive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Commercial Television, Cultural Differences
Experimental Research in TV Instruction. Proceedings of an International Conference (4th, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, September 28-30, 1981). Volume 4.
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1981
An introduction by Jon Baggaley provides background information on this international conference and its participants, and introduces 10 papers which were presented. The papers are as follows: (1) "Teaching Production Research and Design: The Interface of Theory and Practice" (James M. Linton); (2) "The Impact of Television on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Audience Analysis, Educational Television
Parents, Adolescents and Television: Part II. Adolescents and Television Heroes: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations of Analysis of Responses and Information Processing Strategies.
Tierney, Joan D. – 1978
The data analysis and findings of the first panel study of adolescents and pre-adolescents in Canada are described. This longitudinal study was designed to (1) gather data on television viewing of heroes and heroines in series in the home environment; (2) analyze verbal responses about television programs to determine values perceived and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
Experimental Research in TV Instruction. Proceedings of an International Conference (5th, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 28-30, 1982). Volume 5.
Baggaley, Jon, Ed.; Janega, Patti, Ed. – 1982
An introduction briefly summarizes the four previous conferences in this series, identifies trends in topics addressed, and introduces the 16 presented papers in this collection. The papers are as follows: (1) "Formative Evaluation and the New Technologies" (Marjorie Cambre); (2) "Formative Evaluation of Sesame Street Using Eye…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audience Analysis, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods
Research on Cognitive Effects of Non-Educational TV: An Epistemological Discussion.
Gomez, Guillermo Orozco – 1986
This paper makes a critical exploration into the core epistemological assumptions of mainstream television effects research and explains why the mainstream study of the cognitive impact of television on children suffers from two reductionist tendencies, i.e., television is understood by most researchers to be solely a technical medium, and most…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Beliefs, Children, Cognitive Development